The brand-new prequel to Chung Kuo, a masterwork of future history standing alongside Herbert's "Dune "and Asimov's "Foundation"The year is 2085, two decades after the great economic collapse that destroyed Western civilization. With its power broken and its cities ruined, life in the West continues in scattered communities. In rural Dorset, Jake Reed lives with his 14-year-old son and memories of the great collapse. Back in '43, Jake was a rich,...